The article upon which the thread is based is very interesting, and the idea that there may be life on other planets is intriguing. But as one who believes the Bible and is trusting Christ for Salvation; and as one who also has a half decent brain, I can see for myself the complex SYSTEMS AND EXQUISITE ORDER by which the world and the Universe operates.
SYSTEMS do not come into operation by happenstance. Evolution, as described by Darwin and his followers, is a huge crock! If evolution ever took place, it would be taking place right now, yet we see NO “experimental models,” anywhere; all we see are exquisitely DESIGNED things which perfectly function in all respects as FINISHED PRODUCTS. We see the work of a DESIGNER/CREATOR, whose Name happens to be Jesus Christ. Read the first chapter of The Gospel according to John.
Did you ever hear of SETI? It’s a program which has placed many, many HUGE satellite dishes all over the Earth, which have been searching the heavens for many years now in hopes of hearing one peep that they could possibly claim had come from some intelligent beings on some other planet somewhere. The movie CONTACT, starring Jodie Foster was based on that concept. Not only have those large dishes NEVER picked up one intelligent peep; I don’t think they ever will.
That is what I meant that the idea of intelligent life “evolving” on some planet “out there, somewhere” is less real than the fairytale of GOLDILOCKS and the THREE BEARS.
Thank you for the reply.
Okay, I get it now.
Why can't it be that God created more than one world like ours? Is it really so hard to believe that in the millions and millions of star systems out there that there could be more like us? I'd rather believe that God created millions of places like our earth than to think that He would have created the Universe but only put life on one planet out of billions. If I'm wrong what harm does it do? If I'm right wouldn't it be one of man's greatest achievements - to make contact with another one of God's worlds?